The Gearbox Software Community Website has the news that Aliens: Colonial Marines is gold for Windows, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, saying the first-person shooter will launch for all three platforms on February 12th. Here's the announcement:

When we first announced the release date for Aliens: Colonial Marines back in May 2012, Gearbox Software CEO Randy Pitchford noted that the development had progressed to the point where we could see the end and be very confident in both our vision for the game as well as our launch date.

Today, we’re proud to announce that we hit every one of those targets, with the game's gold status indicating that all parties have examined the release candidate and signed off on the code as final and suitable for manufacturing, after which the game will be shipped to retail and propped to digital networks in time for launch on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 come February 12, 2013!

Now's the time to make sure you've got your pre-order locked in as participating retailers are offering in-game bonus content -- check with your local retailers and visit this page for more details.

Stay frosty, the next chapter in the Aliens story is almost here. Will you be able to fight the fear?

Gimped with a controller that's like saying cats won a fight against miniature poodles with KO drugs mixed in zeh food.

AVP 1 was twice as fast and 10 times as deadly. And that is why AVP 1 was the only decent game in this franchise. Aliens (especially in MP) were deadly... but it only took a few gracing hits to explode them (which by the way, they somehow completely forgot in this new game here, Aliens just roll over and bleed? Did no one at gearbox watch the movies? )